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And boy, did Big Tobacco try to stop it

Giants including Imperial and British American Tobacco fought a mammoth court case to try and stop plain packaging.

They complained the Government would have a "disproportionate control" over their lucrative trade marks without "compensating" them.

The Court of Appeal dismissed all 17 of their points in November after a week-long case involving 30 expert witnesses.

But the giants appealed to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.

But the Supreme Court has refused to hear that appeal, clearing the last hurdle to the rules.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he was "delighted".

No more menthols

ALL flavoured cigarettes including menthols will be banned from sale in the UK from May 20, 2020.

That includes both pre-produced cigarettes and rolling tobacco.

Shops will also be banned from selling tobacco with any flavoured papers, filters, packages or capsules that give the smoke a flavour.

Experts say this is needed because menthols' lighter taste obscures how dangerous they are.

Amanda Sandford of the charity Action on Smoking and Heath (Ash) told the Liverpool Echo: "It is an absolute myth that menthol cigarettes are better for you. All cigarettes are harmful and menthol cigarettes are just as dangerous as normal cigarettes."

The laws around Rolling Tobacco are changing

No more small pouches of rolling tobacco

Rolling tobacco can no longer be sold in any pouch smaller than 30 grams.

Just like the minimum pack size of 20 cigarettes, this is to discourage teenagers from buying small amounts then getting addicted.

This law came into force last year but had a grace period, so packs smaller than 30g are banned from sale from May 21, 2017.

Anyone breaching any of the laws above can be jailed for up to two years in the most serious cases.